R-Day violence: Left parties flay Union govt
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R-Day violence: Left parties flay Union govt
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Coimbatore: The violence that broke out during the farmers’ parade in the national capital on Republic Day was a ploy of the BJP government to divert attention from the main issue, representatives of CPM and CITU, who conducted a protest on Wednesday, said.The government allowed 300 cops to get injured and caused the death of a farmer, said Left cadres who conducted the protest near the water tank in Sivananda Colony. “The farmers had been protesting for 50 days and anger has been building up,” CITU district secretary C Padmanabhan said. “When the government knew lakhs of farmers were coming to Delhi to take part in the tractor rally, they should have expected that it would get violent. The government knew it would get violent, and yet allowed the rally,” he said.The government allowed violence to break out, Padmanabhan said. “This is just to reduce support for farmers and deviate attention from the farm laws. The PM tweeted about riots in Washington, but he is silent on farmers dying.” tnn
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The Times of India
Date
2021-01-28
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Coimbatore